T.J. Ford has a lot of free time on his hands these days. After averaging about 20 minutes per game as a backup point guard for the Indiana Pacers through the first two and a half months of the season, Ford fell behind starting trigger man Darren Collison, second-year reserve A.J. Price and rookie Lance Stephenson on the depth chart before dropping out of the team's rotation for good in late January.Now, after the team's efforts to move him before the February trade deadline or buy out the remainder of the $8.5 million he's owed in the final year of his contract went nowhere, the University of Texas product finds himself a well-compensated spectator. At home games, at least — according to Mike Wells at the Indianapolis Star, the Pacers "have told Ford he doesn't have to travel with the team for road games because he will remain on the inactive list the rest of the season." So take a load off, T.J., and start whittling down that Netflix queue.
Luckily, Ford's got an idea of how to spend those hours at home — as anyone who has seen him peddling boiled goose with Morris Peterson or watched him sautee shrimp while listening to Rick Ross knows, the dude likes to cook. Now, the former Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors starter has turned his love of cuisine into a highly topical endorsement opportunity.
More from Wells at the Star:
Ford, through his marketing people, has teamed up with Betty Crocker to take part in the Betty Bracket, a single-elimination tournament spinoff from the NCAA Tournament that puts him against 63 other competitors to see who has the best game-day recipes.Just to be clear: There's no truth to the rumor that T.J. handles steps one and three in his recipe, then hands off to Jose Calderon for steps two and four. Only one cook in this kitchen. No timeshare.
Ford is representing Austin since he attended the University of Texas.
His dish? Tex-Mex enchiladas.
"I'm from Texas so enchiladas is a huge recipe for us from Texas because we love Hispanic food," Ford said.
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